The Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix is the first night race of the 2025 season. The Desert heat is a big challenge for many teams and drivers. Over the years, Bahrain has been the season opener, but now F1 decided to keep Bahrain as the fourth round next to Australia,

Max Verstappen earned high praise from one of Lewis Hamilton's former Formula 1 team-mates in the wake of his impressive performance at last weekend's Japanese Grand Prix

Hamilton boasts a pole-to-win rate of 58.65 per cent, which means Verstappen would need to lose his next 16 poles to have an equal record. Norris, meanwhile, has a rate of just 40 per cent, owing to his historically poor race starts.